CRITIC REVIEWS

Oh no.
I'm surprised that I had never heard of these guys before, since they seem to be so established.
But this record is horrendously cringe-worthy. Everything sounds so generic and wannabe that it becomes impossible to enjoy even the most slightly interesting ideas that actually exist from there to there. So we have a record that is boring, has bad production, bad songwriting and bad performances. I say don't listen to this. ever. you're welcome.

God this album is shit. Switchfoot thought it was a good idea to fuse pop, folk and rock on this abomination. The vocals are atrocious, the lyrics are generic as hell, and the production is trash. The only thing I actually enjoyed was LET IT HAPPEN and some of the rock instrumentals here. VOICES and DIG NEW STREAMS are some of the worst songs of the year already. Avoid this pile of pandering dog shit. Fuck you Switchfoot.

I had planned to skip this one due to the first singles being horrendous, but then they released Let It Happen and I was intrigued.. So what do Switchfoot offer on their 11th album?

*sigh*.. well, Switchfoot tries out new sounds in the first half of the album. It mostly keeps things interesting, but somehow such an old band is lacking in identity. I mean, Voices is a TøP song and Native Tongue sounds like something straight out of Imagine Dragon's latest album (which isn't a good ... read more